Aneurus sp. from the early Miocene Foulden Maar, New Zealand: The first Southern Hemisphere record of fossil Aradidae (Insecta: Hemiptera: Heteroptera)

Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 279-285

  Kaulfuss, U ^a   Wappler, T ^b   Heiss, E ^c   Lariviere M C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum   (Austria)

^d LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Aneurus; Aradidae; Fossil heteroptera; Foulden maar; Miocene; Otago

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL RECORD; INSECT; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MIOCENE; NEW RECORD; NEW SPECIES; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY;

NEW ZEALAND; OTAGO; SOUTH ISLAND;

EID: 83455247250     PISSN: 03036758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03036758.2011.559665     Document Type: Article

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